Evaluation of Graphic Tablet Use in Mathematics Lessons in Emergency Distance Education Process

Abstract

In the process of the global epidemic Covid-19, radical changes have been experienced in all parts of society. Education is one of the institutions most affected by change. As in the whole world, educational institutions in our country have suspended face-to-face education and have started the distance education process to the extent that the conditions allow. The unpredictable course of the global epidemic prevented institutions from making long-term decisions, and the learning and teaching parties in education tried to adapt to the new situation to a large extent with their own means. In this process, teachers who were on the side of the teacher and used information technologies well adapted to the process more easily, while teachers who could not use it well were the group that felt the most difficult in this process. Some of the teachers, who find themselves in emergency distance education, have been in search of how to be productive in the distance education lessons they will teach. Mathematics teachers, who are the group of teachers who use the traditional board and tools most frequently in face-to-face education, also searched in this process. During the Covid-19 emergency distance education process, writing and drawing type operations with computer mice in mathematics lessons negatively affected the motivation and interest of teachers and students in the lesson. Graphic tablets, which are mostly used for graphic design purposes, have emerged as a result of this search. The ease of use and the fact that it can be used on computers and mobile devices have caused teachers to prefer this technology in distance education classes. In this study, the evaluation of the use of graphic tablets in mathematics lessons in the emergency distance education process and the evaluation of the use of graphic tablets in distance education lessons to be held for any reason in the future were made. In the study carried out in the context of the qualitative approach, the data were collected with a semistructured questionnaire prepared by the researchers by making purposeful sampling from 18 mathematics teachers who used graphic tablets in primary school mathematics lessons during the Covid-19 emergency distance education period. The obtained data were analyzed with content and descriptive analysis methods. Results such as making mathematical operations easier, writing lessons effectively, lecturing and using it as a blackboard, mostly for the purpose of solving questions, were obtained regarding the graphic tablet. In general, it has been understood that the limitations and difficulties encountered in the use of the graphic tablet are very few.